Improvement in shoes



CHARLES C; MORSE.

Shoes.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. MORSE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'IO PANCOST,

SAGE 8t MORSE, OF SAME PLACE.

iMPROVEMENT IN SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,504, dated June 4,1872.

Specification describing a certain Improve ment in Shoes, invented byCHARLES C. MORSE, of the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe andState of New York.

This invention consists in the special construction of the leg, wherebydirt is excluded and the same is made to fit closely and withoutwrinkling to the ankle.

In the drawing, Figure l is a perspective view of the shoe closed; Fig.2, a similar view of the same opened; Fig.3, an elevation; Fig. 4, aview of the gore.

A represents the body, and B the leg of the shoe. C is a gore insertedin. the front portion of the leg on one side of the center, and stitchedto the side pieces a a. This gore extends sufficiently low to insure aproper expansion of the leg in inserting or removing the foot of thewearer. D is a lapel or flap secured on the upper side of the gore tothe side piece a. It extends as low as the gore,

and has a narrow tongue, I), which engageswith a buckle, c. When thelapel is open, as in Fig. 2, the foot of the wearer can be easilyinserted in the shoe, owing to the expansion of the leg. When it is inplace, the lapel is drawn over the gore and buckled, as shown in Fig. 1.In this case the gore folds compactly in place, and forms no impediment.This close folding of the gore inside the leg is insured by the concaveand convex form of the edges 12 g, which fit the corresponding curves ofthe sides of the slit.

My invention consists in the combination and arrangement of the gorewith the lapel, whereby dirt is excluded, and a close fit is made to theankle without wrinkling. All dirt that works up under the lapel will bestayed by the gore, which, it will be noticed, is closed, and forms anintegral part of the legwhich has no slit or openingto the interior.

All dirt that enters will therefore fall back again. This is of muchimportance, especially in plowmans shoes. The close folding of the goreinward also insures a smooth fitting of the lapel outside the foot. Thiseffect is assisted by the curved edges of the gore, as before described.

I am aware that a lapel of similar form is in use on shoes, but notcombined with a closed gore. In all such cases with which I amacquainted, the lapel is either used alone or else with a loose tongueor flap that leaves an opening up and down to the interior of the shoe.Such does not meet the first requisite of my case, and is not theequivalent of my invention.

The body of this shoe is made of two parts, the vamp d and rear f. Theseare united by scams 9 g on opposite sides. This construction saves bothlabor and material, since there is a less number of seams than inordinary shoes, and the stock cuts to better advantage. This also formsone feature of novelty in my case.

It is obvious that my invention may be applied to other kinds of shoesthan plowman shoes with advantage.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The gore C made with the concave and convex edges 19 q, and secured tothe side pieces 'a a of the leg B of a shoe, in combination With theflap D secured upon the side piece a, all arranged and operating asherein shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

- CHAS. C. MORSE.

Witnesses:

VVILLIAM NAYLOR, JNo. L. SAGE.

